Social accounting for nonprofits: Two models

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 308-324

  Richmond, Betty Jane ^a,b   Mook, Laurie ^a   Jack, Quarter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Ontario Trillium Foundation   (Canada)

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EID: 33645801424     PISSN: 10486682     EISSN: 15427854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nml.2     Document Type: Article

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